Folding container



Oct. 30, 1923. 1,472,755

A. L. HAWES FOLDING CONTAINER Filed Nov. 23.- 1921 2 sheets-sheet 1WITNESSES I/VVE/V rm? A TTORNE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A. L. HAWES I FOLDINGCONTAINER Filed Nov. 23, 1921 INVENTOR ,4 Z. AA/VWES A TTORNEYSWITNESSES Patented Get. 39, 1923.

ARTHUR L. HAWES, OF FREEPORT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EMPIRE NOTION COM-PANY, OF NEW YORK, IN. Y.,"A FIRM COMPOSED OFfBEN ZION HAUSER, ISAAC iSCHEICH, AND SAMUEL D. WALLACE.

FOLDING CONTAINER.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHU L. HAWns, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of Freeport, in the county of Nassau and State of New York,have invented a new andImproved Folding Container, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. i j 7 This inventionrelates to improvements in folding containers, particularly to a foldingenvelope or similar container adapted to conveniently. accommodate bothhair nets and hair piiis. V 7

An object of the invention is to provide a container of this characterin which the pins and-the nets maybe packed without coming in contactwith each other so that there is no danger of, tearing the nets.

A further object is to provide aneat and ornamental container or packageof the character described, which: will be exceedingly simple andpractical in construction,

eficient in.use,'and inexpensiveto manufacture. 7

With these and other objectsin view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and-arrangements ofparts as willbe more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims. i

p In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan v ewof'theblank from which my improved container isformed;

Figure 2 shows the container after the first folding operation; v

Figure 3 is a view in section on the line of Figure 2; i

Figure 4 is a view in transverse section on the line H of Figure 2;

Figure 5 shows the appearance of the container after the second foldingoperation; and

Figure 6 shows the container entirely folded.

Referring in detail to the drawings, particularly to Figure 1, it willbe seen that the blank from which my improved container is formed isprovided with a pair of parallel transverse fold lines 1 dividing theblank transversely into a main body portion 2 and a pair of wings 3, thesides of-the body portion being defined by the fold lines 1 and thewings being defined by the fold lines and the side edges of the blank,The blank is also formed with a pair of longitudinal parallel fold lines4 and 5 dividing the blank longitudinally into a central portion whichcomprises the back 6, of the container, a lower portion 7 i whichcomprises the front Of the container and cooperates with the backto formpockets and an upper portion .8 which serves as a flap to closethepockets formed by the front and back.

Lateral extensions 9 form ,continuations of the back 6 and each of theseextensions is formed with an integral tab 10 engageable in a slit 11 inthe ends'ofthe front portion 7 when the front portion is folded. over.

upon the back 6. Adjacent the fold lines 1, the front portion 7 is alsoprovided with bendable tabs such asl2engageable in slits 13 in the backwhen the container is folded.

An extension 14 of the flap provides a bendable tongue engag'eablein aslit 15 in theimain body portion, as will be morefully hereinafterdescribed.v V i The manner'of folding the device-is as follows. f

The front portion '7v is first folded-up. on

the line 5 and thetabs 12 inserted lin' the slits 13. TheextensionsglOarethen folded inwardly upon fold lines 16 provided 'forthispurpose and ."the'tab s' 10 interlock with the slits Or slots 11.Figure 2illustratesith'e appearance of the container after this firstfolding operation has vtaken place and it will be seen that after thisoperation, there is formed an envelopedivided into three separatecompartments, :that' is to say, a main compartment in themainbodyzportion2 of thecontainer anda pair of smallerv compartments orpockets in the wings of the container. I preferably use the centralpocket as a container for a hair net and the front walls of the endpockets are provided with slots or openings such as 17 into which hairpins may be inserted. It is of course customary to pack in each one ofthe containers hair pins which correspond to the color of the net.

The next folding operation consists in the step of folding the wings 3inwardly upon the front face of the main body portion 2,

as seen most clearly in Figure 5. After the wings are folded inwardly,the folded flap 8 is folded down upon the fold line 4 and the tongue 14is passed around the bottom of the container and inserted into the slot1a,

as seen most clearly in Figure 6. It will be seen that I provide a veryneat and compact package or carrier in which hair nets and pins may besold and shipped, that the de vice is held together entirely byinterlocking tabs and slots, no adhesives or other securing means beingused. It will also be seen that my container provides a plurality ofindependent pockets in which different classes of goods may beconveniently packed as hereinbefore described. lVhen the device is inthe folded position illustrated in Figure 6, the danger of itsaccidentally becoming unfolded is very slight.

Although I have illustrated one of the preferred embodiments of theinvention, it will be apparent that various slight changes andalterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of theparts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do notwish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, but shallconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A container including a blank having transverse fold l nes dividingthe same into a main body portion, and a wing portion at each sideof thebody portion, each of said portions being folded to provide anindependent pocket, a common flap for covering all of said pockets, anda flat extension foldable over the rear wall of one of the pockets.

2. A container including a blank having transverse fold lines dividingthe same into a main body portion, and a wing portion at each Side ofthe body portion, each of said portions being folded to provideanindependent pocket, said wing portions being foldable over the mainbody portion, and inte ral means carried by said body portion forholding the wings in folded position.

3. A container includin a blank having transverse fold lines dividingthe same into a main body portion, and a wing portion at each side ofthe body portion, each of said portions being folded to provide an independent pocket, said win portions being foldable over the main bodyportion, said body portion having a slot therein and including a flapadapted to overlie the folded wings, and a tongue carried by the flapengageable in the slot to hold the wings in folded position.

4. A device of the class described, including a blank scoredlongitudinally to provide a back section, a front section connected tothe lower edge of the back section and a flap connected to the upperedge of the back section, said front section "foldable upon the backsection to form a pocket, interlocking foldable extensions at the endsof the back section engageable with the ends of the front sections toclose the ends of the pocket, tabs carried by the free edge of" thefront section, said back section havin slots therein receiving the tabsto d'ivi e the pocket into a plurality of, separate compartments.

5. A device of the class described, including a blank scoredlongitudinally to provide a back section, a front section connected tothe lower edgeof the back section and a flap connected to the upper edgeof the back section, said front section foldable upon the back sectionto form a pocket, interlocking foldable extensions at the ends of theback section engageable with the ends of the front sections to close theends of the pocket, tabs carried by the free edge of the front section,said back section having slots therein receiving the tabs to divide thepocket into a plurality of separate compartments, said blank includingtransverse fold lines dividing the same transversely into a mainbodyportion having a pocket therein, and wing portions having pocketstherein.

6. A device of the characterdescribed in claim 5, and in which the wingsare fold able upon the main body portion and the flap is foldable overupon the wings and en gageable with the rear, face of the main bodyportion to hold said container against unfoldin g ARTHUR L. I-IAWES.

